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ÖBB Class 4020
🇦🇹 Austria ·built by Simmering-Graz-Pauker· from 1978· motor coach of the Austrian Federal Railways
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. ÖBB 4020-227, Hernals, 05.10.2016: Liberaler Humanist· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. OEBB 4020 262 Perchtoldsdorf: Linie29· Attribution
- 3. 2017-09-19 (125) ÖBB 4020 281-7 am Bahnhof Ybbs an der Donau: GT1976· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. 2017-09-19 (126) ÖBB 4020 261-1 at Bahnhof Ybbs an der Donau: GT1976· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. 2017-09-28 (479) ÖBB 4020 212-4 at Bahnhof Stockerau: GT1976· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. 2017-10-17 (146) ÖBB 1144 029-6 and ÖBB 4020 229-3 at ÖBB main workshop St. Pölten: GT1976· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. 2017-10-19 (106) ÖBB 4020 at Bahnhof Zeiselmauer-Königstetten: GT1976· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. 2017-11-16 (206) ÖBB 4020 273-1 at Bahnhof Korneuburg: GT1976· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. 2017-11-16 (231) ÖBB 4020 309-3 at Bahnhof Korneuburg: GT1976· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. 2017-11-16 (234) ÖBB 4020 261-6 and ÖBB 1144 117-9 at Bahnhof Korneuburg: GT1976· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The ÖBB class 4020 of ÖBB are electric multiple units (EMU) developed by Simmering-Graz-Pauker. In the narrower sense, 4020 is the designation of the railcars, the control cars are referred to as series 6020 and the intermediate cars as series 7020. They are the second generation of Vienna S-Bahn trains and were also used throughout Austria in regional transport.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 48 years ago, in 1978.
- Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 69.4 m long: about 15 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 184: 4 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 48 years (1978–2026).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1978
- in service from
- 1978
- retired
- 2026
- status
- retired
- number built
- 120
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇦🇹 Austria
- builders
- Simmering-Graz-Pauker, Brown, Boveri & Cie, Siemens Mobility
- operators
- Austrian Federal Railways
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- length
- 69.4 m
- weight
- 128 t
- capacity
- 184 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q293691, Wikipedia: ÖBB Class 4020 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.